Gabrielle Chou (12yo) - Italian Concerto, Presto by Bach

Recorded in October 2007 at her 2nd solo recitals of the month at the Steinway Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida. (Thanks to Mr. Bob Luptak for the use of the wonderful facility and the finest of instruments.) The recital contains both violin and piano program (40 minute each) for which she has spent lots of time in the summer and since to prepare. She enjoyed playing on that beautiful 9-foot Steinway and we hope you enjoy her playing too.
Gabrielle is also violinist and composer, for more information, visit her website http://www.KidMusician.com

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[Milene2007]

Wonderful! Your technique is amazing. How many hours do you spend practicing every day?

[KidMusician]

Gabrielle studies both piano and violin, so she can only practice 2 hours for each every day on average. Not enough.

[KidMusician]

I edited the last few comments to remove "not so polite" language from them, but keep the opinions. We welcome everyone to comment on the video, but please be "very polite" if you have to comment on other people's comments, otherwise, your comment may be removed or edited for younger visitors. Thank you!

[KidMusician]

(From visitor 3)...This is a concerto for solo piano. There needs to be a lot of contrast. Glenn Gould played this piece badly because he hated it.

[KidMusician]

(From visitor 2) The best way to play this piece is a bit "automatically" like a clockwork. One reason is that this piece is originally for harpsichord (Glenn Gould played Bach simular on the piano). So Gabrielle played this very very well and treated the piano like a harpsichord - in her other recordings she played very sensible and absolutely not automatically.

[KidMusician]

(From 123mortimer) There nothing automatic here. There is instead intelligence and lucidity and structural clarity. She approaches this piece the way Rosalyn Tureck does. That's not bad company.

[monelleny]

@KidMusician

Have you heard Monique Haas playing this?

[Yoshimasa884]

Brava!

[michealsuen2007]

i'm working on this piece as well =]

i suggest that less pedal should be used...

although there are some minor mistakes, its still a great performance ;D

[indigoblue555]

Delightful!

[PhilippeLernould]

marvellous

[Kukakusic]

When I was 6 yrs old I used to think that I was the greatest pianist ever, but after hearing her...

Looks like she made it FAR ahead of me...

But absolutely fantastic!

Be Proud Of Yourself!

[VietFiddle]

She plays piano very well with fast and even spacing keys. She plays violin better with the pieces with less even spacing notes.

Please, give her some pieces that is slow for her to get more chance with free expression, such as France Schubert's Dream.

This piece is easy to play, but some technical kids fail to enjoy it both Piano and Violin or either of them.